How Should President Biden Respond to Putin’s War on Ukraine?

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🗓️ 24 February 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Since last summer, Russian troops have been amassing on the Ukrainian border, and, in recent weeks, President Vladimir Putin warned that he intended a military takeover of Ukraine. This week, Russia began the war, with widespread attacks, including in the capital, Kyiv, aimed at crippling the Ukrainian military. The Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, has called on civilians to enlist in the military to fight the invaders. The U.S. and nato are levying heavy sanctions against the Russians, but there are disagreements within the U.S. and among western allies about exactly how to proceed. Susan B. Glasser, a New Yorker staff writer, joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the war, and the choices faced by the Biden administration and nato.

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0:00.0	This is the New Yorker Radio Hour, a co-production of WNYC Studios and The New Yorker.
0:08.7	This is the New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Remnick.
0:12.3	It's too late, my dear colleagues, to speak about the escalation. Too late. The Russian president declared the war on the record. Should I play the video of your president?
0:23.2	Ambassador, shall I do that right now? Or you can't confirm it. Do not interrupt me, please. Thank you.
0:29.5	Then don't ask me questions when you are speaking. Proceed with your state.
0:33.6	Anyway, you declared the war. It is the responsibility of this body to stop the war.
0:39.9	That was the Ukrainian ambassador to the United Nations, Sergei Kislyzlitsia, at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.
0:48.1	The meeting was meant to be a final effort to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
0:52.9	But as the ambassadors assembled in New York,
0:55.5	Vladimir Putin announced what he called a special military operation there.
1:00.7	The invasion of Ukraine could turn out to be the largest war since the Second World War,
1:05.7	and many eyes are now looking to how the United States and its allies will respond.
1:11.3	Putin's aggression against Ukraine will end up costing Russia dearly, economically and strategically.
1:18.4	We will make sure of that.
1:21.3	Putin will be a pariah on the international stage.
1:24.7	Any nation, the counten as Russia's naked aggression against Ukraine, will be stained by
1:29.6	association. The New Yorker's executive editor, Dorothy Wickenen, spoke with Washington correspondent
1:35.5	and former Moscow correspondent, Susan Glasser, on our Politics and More podcast,
1:41.0	the day the invasion began, shortly after President Biden addressed the nation.
1:47.1	Hi, Susan.
1:48.1	Thank you so much for joining me on this terrible day.
1:51.6	Well, thank you, Dorothy.
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